William Walton – Symphony No. 1 & Violin Concerto – BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner, Tasmin Little (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96kHz | Time – 1:15:45 minutes | 1.28 GB | Genre: Classical
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Recorded: Watford Colosseum: 18 September 2013 (Violin Concerto); Fairfield Halls, Croydon: 3 and 4 February 2014 (Symphony No. 1)
Edward Gardner, a Chandos exclusive artist, conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in two masterpieces by William Walton, the Violin Concerto and Symphony No. 1.
Walton burst onto the British musical scene in his twenties, the success of works such as Façade, the Viola Concerto, and Belshazzar’s Feast establishing him in both the avant-garde and the mainstream of British composers. The obvious next step for Walton was to compose a symphony and he was duly commissioned to do so by Sir Hamilton Harty in 1932. The first complete performance of his Symphony No. 1, in 1935, was a triumph, immediately gaining the work an honoured place in British music which it has never lost. It is a highly virtuosic work with a remarkable expressive range, in turns powerful and broad, malicious, melancholic, and majestic.
The Violin Concerto was written in 1938 in response to a commission from Jascha Heifetz. The solo part reflects not only the legendary virtuosity for which Heifetz was famous, but also the sweetness and purity of his playing of long lyrical lines. In this recording the soloist is Tasmin Little whose acclaimed recordings of concertos by Britten, Elgar, Delius, and Moeran on Chandos have already established her as one of the foremost interpreters of British music for the violin.
Tracklist:
William Walton (1902-1983)
Symphony No. 1
To the Baroness Imma Doernberg
1 I Allegro assai – Poco meno mosso – A tempo, agitato – 13:41
2 II Presto con malizia 5:46
3 III Andante con malinconia – Maestoso 10:56
4 IV Maestoso – Allegro, brioso ed ardentemente – Vivacissimo – 12:29
Agitato – Maestoso
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Revised version, 1943
For Jascha Heifetz
5 I Andante tranquillo – A tempo con moto – 12:12
Subito molto piщ mosso [e] con brio – Poco a poco piщ agitato –
6 II Presto capriccioso alla napolitana – Con molto rubato – 6:58
7 III Vivace – A tempo con moto, ma flessible – A tempo I subito 13:43
Personnel:
Tasmin Little violin (#5-7)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Bryant leader
Edward Gardner conductor
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